Travel Blogs from Salsomaggiore Terme

We meet Leonardo in the piazza. He tells us that today, November 7, is the anniversary of the 1917 Workers Revolution in Europe and won't we buy a newspaper? As we ponder, he adds: "One euro for freedom of the press." I ...

... in terms of distance and terrain, albeit there was a chillier feel. The Appenines seem every bit as hard as the Alps, though some of that may be due to accumulated fatigue and my cold. Since we've been in Italy the food and hotels have been fantastic but the road surfaces have been shocking and it's quite tiring looking out ...

In an attempt to mitigate my cold I drink one glass of beer, one glass of champagne, one glass of white wine and one glass of red. It doesn't work. I feel rheumy (is that a word) and hungover. A roll call at breakfast has several riders on the sick list. Aussie Bruce looks and sounds the worst. He's ...

... were treated to a mini feast of magnificent freshly picked tomatoes, rice salad, beautiful bread, fruit and ricotta cheese. Then the farmer brought out some wine just for Kevin!! We did enjoy this visit, it was a lot of laughs.

Arrived in Parma to our beautiful hotel, pity we didn't have more nights the bed was heavenly. Hotel was not in the city centre bit we walked 1/2 hour, getting slightly lost on the way, to the ...